CD-Rom problem with Satellite A-105

jdk006 · 10-09-2006, 08:34 AM

I have a Satellite A-105-S4074 for about 3 months, and my CD-Rom has recently been stuttering and playing DVDs and audio CDs at delayed speeds. The movie lines are stuttered, and when I try importing CDs on ITunes, they playback at crawling speeds.

Does the CD-Rom need replacing? Is there a setting that I accidentally triggered? Any help would be appreciated.

~~OMGmissinglink~~ · 10-09-2006, 09:53 AM

Try the patches

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...ngdgnj.0&ct=DL

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...ngdgnj.0&ct=DL

**hwm54112** · 10-09-2006, 02:19 PM

Welcome to TSF,

Try this link stuttering dvd drive

**JamesO** · 10-09-2006, 03:27 PM

Toshiba's can be real dogs, not enough RAM, too many running Processes and too much Bloatware.

How much RAM is in the machine?
How many running Processes are active on the machine (Ctrl, Alt, Del, Task Manager, bottom left corner)?

Do you run AOL, Norton or McAfee Internet Security?

Try booting machine in Safe Mode (F8 during boot up) and see if the CD/DVD works better.

JamesO

**laboye** · 10-09-2006, 05:57 PM

Welcome to the forums! HWM, that's an interesting article. I just solved a problem with another older machine I had with it! Who knew PIO still existed!

That's really odd. Do audio or video files play OK?

**hwm54112** · 10-09-2006, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laboye

Who knew PIO still existed!

It's a very common, and often overlooked issue. Hard drive's revert to PIO as well, just not as often. Whenever you see choppy video or sound, I/O errors while copying to a rom drive, high cpu usage and slow performance, jerky screen savers-check transfer modes. If you look at the transfer mode settings box there are two text boxes-one is "tranfer mode", the other is "current transfer mode" . Transfer mode= what it should be, current transfer mode= what the transfer mode actually is

Bill

**laboye** · 10-10-2006, 11:15 PM

Wow, this is going in my favorites. Where do I get this again? Device Mangler?

10-09-2006, 08:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
jdk006 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1 OS: XP	CD-Rom problem with Satellite A-105 I have a Satellite A-105-S4074 for about 3 months, and my CD-Rom has recently been stuttering and playing DVDs and audio CDs at delayed speeds. The movie lines are stuttered, and when I try importing CDs on ITunes, they playback at crawling speeds. Does the CD-Rom need replacing? Is there a setting that I accidentally triggered? Any help would be appreciated.

10-09-2006, 02:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
hwm54112 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,233 OS: WINXP	Welcome to TSF, Try this link stuttering dvd drive Last edited by hwm54112; 10-09-2006 at 02:20 PM.

10-09-2006, 05:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	Welcome to the forums! HWM, that's an interesting article. I just solved a problem with another older machine I had with it! Who knew PIO still existed! That's really odd. Do audio or video files play OK? __________________ Repair Windows XP Guide --- Resolutions Crazy Computer that I'm saving up for::Antec P180 Case;PC Pwr&Cooling 1kW Quad SLI PSU;Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe;Intel Core2 XE X6800;Corsair TWIN2XP2048 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM;2xAsus GeForce 7950 GX2;BFG PhysX Accel.;IBM DVD-RAM/Plextor DVD±RW;Seagate 750GB HD 7200RPM;WDX 150GB 10000RPM;Vigor Monsoon TEC Cooler

10-10-2006, 11:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	Wow, this is going in my favorites. Where do I get this again? Device Mangler? __________________ Repair Windows XP Guide --- Resolutions Crazy Computer that I'm saving up for::Antec P180 Case;PC Pwr&Cooling 1kW Quad SLI PSU;Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe;Intel Core2 XE X6800;Corsair TWIN2XP2048 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM;2xAsus GeForce 7950 GX2;BFG PhysX Accel.;IBM DVD-RAM/Plextor DVD±RW;Seagate 750GB HD 7200RPM;WDX 150GB 10000RPM;Vigor Monsoon TEC Cooler

10-09-2006, 09:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~OMGmissinglink~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,535 OS: XP Pro sp2 My System	Try the patches http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...ngdgnj.0&ct=DL http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...ngdgnj.0&ct=DL

10-09-2006, 03:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
JamesO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fairfax, VA USA Posts: 2,289 OS: 98SE, W2k Pro, XP Pro	Toshiba's can be real dogs, not enough RAM, too many running Processes and too much Bloatware. How much RAM is in the machine? How many running Processes are active on the machine (Ctrl, Alt, Del, Task Manager, bottom left corner)? Do you run AOL, Norton or McAfee Internet Security? Try booting machine in Safe Mode (F8 during boot up) and see if the CD/DVD works better. JamesO